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weekly Editorial, blogs, opinion from TSG team and readers, Bill Drysdale on ‘My Bulgaria’; Analysis – from team, VOA, NENN; full texts of significant statements, speeches and media statements by Government and non-government organisations.

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Joint Summary of Conclusions of the Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Bulgaria

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

This is the joint summary of the conclusions of the joint US-Bulgaria strategic dialogue: On January 8 2020, the Governments

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French connections: How to revitalise the EU enlargement process

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Vessela Tcherneva

Across Europe, France’s obstruction of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania is widely seen as a step backwards. However,

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The makings of a ‘geopolitical’ European Commission

November 29, 2019 Mark Leonard of the ECFR European Commission

On December 1, Ursula von der Leyen will finally take office as president of the European Commission. She has promised

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Comment: Tourism and the missing word ‘Bulgaria’

November 26, 2019December 2, 2019 Mark Thomas tourism

As winter draws nearer, tourism folk seem more concerned with the ongoing fallout from the collapse of tour operating giant

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Comment: Airlines and the question ‘who owns the cash?’

November 1, 2019 Mark Thomas tourism

Following on from the sad demise of travel giant Thomas Cook, the usual comments abound regarding the clarity – or

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Borrell will face centrifugal forces in the Balkans

October 11, 2019October 12, 2019 Vessela Tcherneva

Balkans countries are likely happy with all the attention they have received in recent weeks. Josep Borrell, the European Union’s

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Thomas Cook: Bad decisions and personal interest consign them to the graveyard of travel

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Mark Thomas tourism

Arguably the most iconic of travel brands, Thomas Cook, has collapsed after 178 years of business, leaving a train of

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Commentary: Bulgaria’s summer 2019 tourist season

August 21, 2019August 27, 2019 Mark Thomas tourism

Summer is finally here in Bulgaria, but what appears not to be here are masses of tourists. Of course, the

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Infighting mars battle in Bulgaria against antisemitism

August 18, 2019August 23, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

From the annual Lukov March to online abuse to vile graffiti and the sale of Nazi memorabilia in tourist resorts,

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